7 Manjhi loyalists suspended, floor test gets trickier
18 Feb 2015 12:26 AM GMT
With the BJP not indicating which way it will swing during the Bihar assembly floor test on February 20 that will decide Bihar Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi’s fate, the Janata Dal(U) in Bihar on Tuesday suspended from its fold seven ministers owing allegiance to Manjhi.
The seven ministers were suspended by state JD(U) President Basistha Narayan Singh after receiving consent from the party’s National President Sharad Yadav, party chief whip in the Assembly Shrawan Kumar said. The seven suspended ministers are Narendra Singh, Brishen Patel, Shahid Ali Khan, Samrat Chaudhary, Nitish Mishra, Mahachandra Prasad Singh and Bhim Singh. Art and Culture minister Vinay Bihari is an independent.
JD(U) has already expelled Manjhi from the party after which Assembly Speaker Uday Narayan Chaudhary declared him an unattached member.
Shrawan Kumar said the decision on the suspension was taken after the seven ministers failed to comply with the party’s direction to quit the Manjhi Cabinet. The sparring camps of Manjhi and his mentor-turned-foe Nitish Kumar, meanwhile, held separate consultations with their supporters to firm up their strategies even as BJP refused to show its cards.
The seven ministers were suspended by state JD(U) President Basistha Narayan Singh after receiving consent from the party’s National President Sharad Yadav, party chief whip in the Assembly Shrawan Kumar said. The seven suspended ministers are Narendra Singh, Brishen Patel, Shahid Ali Khan, Samrat Chaudhary, Nitish Mishra, Mahachandra Prasad Singh and Bhim Singh. Art and Culture minister Vinay Bihari is an independent.
JD(U) has already expelled Manjhi from the party after which Assembly Speaker Uday Narayan Chaudhary declared him an unattached member.
Shrawan Kumar said the decision on the suspension was taken after the seven ministers failed to comply with the party’s direction to quit the Manjhi Cabinet. The sparring camps of Manjhi and his mentor-turned-foe Nitish Kumar, meanwhile, held separate consultations with their supporters to firm up their strategies even as BJP refused to show its cards.
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